Who Wants to Live Forever
On sale
27th March 2025
Price: £16.99
What if Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow collided with Normal People in the universe of Everything Everywhere All at Once? It would spawn WHO WANTS TO LIVE FOREVER, a time-bending, decades-long quest for immortality catapulting you from Japan to Silicon Valley to eternity.
‘I loved it so much I wanted it to go on forever’
Fern Brady
‘A timeless romance and a bold, inventive novel’
ELA LEE
‘Dazzling: a cold hard reckoning with reality; a constantly surprising fear of imagination, philosophy, humanity, warmth and love’
JESSICA STANLEY
‘This is a must-read book for 2025, especially for fans of Gabrielle Zevin’
JULIANNE PACHICO
This is the greatest romance you will ever read without the happily ever after.
Yuki and Sam are soulmates.
They are destined to spend the rest of their lives together.
They are supposed to love one another, forever.
But when a miracle drug is released which can extend a human’s life indefinitely, Sam chooses to live forever, instead of loving Yuki forever – and the world they know is spun inside out.
WHO WANTS TO LIVE FOREVER plunges into a parallel universe where forever is on sale to the highest bidder. What comes next is a world-building epic narrated by an intersecting cast of characters that will drive you to the edge of reality and leave you to answer biggest questions of all: What is life without death? What is life without love?
‘A beautifully written book with a genius concept’
LOUISE HARE
‘Hanna spins vivid, compelling human drama from vast philosophical questions with wit, elegance and verve’
LISA OWENS
‘Who Wants to Live forever probes and searches like the best fiction does. Powerful. Highly compelling’
IAN RUSSELL-HSEIH
‘The best book I have read this year’
AJA BARBER
‘An ambitious novel expertly executed; full of twists, turns and tenderness’
Ashley Hickson-Lovence
‘An urgent and timely book’
SEASON BUTLER
‘I loved it so much I wanted it to go on forever’
Fern Brady
‘A timeless romance and a bold, inventive novel’
ELA LEE
‘Dazzling: a cold hard reckoning with reality; a constantly surprising fear of imagination, philosophy, humanity, warmth and love’
JESSICA STANLEY
‘This is a must-read book for 2025, especially for fans of Gabrielle Zevin’
JULIANNE PACHICO
This is the greatest romance you will ever read without the happily ever after.
Yuki and Sam are soulmates.
They are destined to spend the rest of their lives together.
They are supposed to love one another, forever.
But when a miracle drug is released which can extend a human’s life indefinitely, Sam chooses to live forever, instead of loving Yuki forever – and the world they know is spun inside out.
WHO WANTS TO LIVE FOREVER plunges into a parallel universe where forever is on sale to the highest bidder. What comes next is a world-building epic narrated by an intersecting cast of characters that will drive you to the edge of reality and leave you to answer biggest questions of all: What is life without death? What is life without love?
‘A beautifully written book with a genius concept’
LOUISE HARE
‘Hanna spins vivid, compelling human drama from vast philosophical questions with wit, elegance and verve’
LISA OWENS
‘Who Wants to Live forever probes and searches like the best fiction does. Powerful. Highly compelling’
IAN RUSSELL-HSEIH
‘The best book I have read this year’
AJA BARBER
‘An ambitious novel expertly executed; full of twists, turns and tenderness’
Ashley Hickson-Lovence
‘An urgent and timely book’
SEASON BUTLER
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Reviews
'I have devoured this novel. Not just a genius concept, this is a beautifully written book with characters so real that by the end you'll swear you'd really met them. A brilliant debut.'
'Who Wants to Live Forever is dazzling: a cold hard reckoning with reality; a constantly surprising feat of imagination, philosophy, humanity, warmth and love.'
'The best book I have read this year'
'Both a timeless romance, and a thought-provoking exploration of the state and future of the world, Who Wants To Live Forever is a bold, inventive novel about the human experience which dares to leave the reader pondering the biggest mystery of all: the meaning of life.'
"Who Wants To Live Forever probes and searches, like the best fiction does, without necessarily providing answers to the questions it asks. What gives a human life value? Does more time on this earth actually equate to more happiness? What even is happiness? This is a novel of love and of ambition, of regrets and of acceptance, written by a writer in possession of a keen insight and a powerful empathy. Highly compelling."
'A wonderfully entertaining and deeply thought-provoking novel that asks serious and substantial questions about how we live now, how we might end up living, and how we actually want to live. I loved all these characters so much - Uose's skilful and sensitive depiction of their conflicts and desires is a triumph. This is a must-read book for 2025, especially for fans of Gabrielle Zevin and Kim Stanley Robinson.'
'An urgent and timely book that handles its subjects with patience and affection. Full of longing, the ache of hindsight and the unnerving slide into capitalism's latest stage.'
'An ambitious novel expertly executed; full of twists, turns and tenderness'
'I loved it so much I wanted it go on forever'